This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 59 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which figure most closely represents the number of students worldwide who receive 1 point for sophistication? A) 1%. B) 6%. C) 15%. D) 20%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6%. 2. Which of these is an exemplum? A) "I have fought for equal rights. For example, I marched for civil rights with Dr. King in 1963.". B) In the movie "Goodfellas, " Joe Pesci's most famous scene is when he asks Ray Liotta: "What do you mean I'm funny?". C) Baking soda is an essential ingredient in biscuits. D) If I would've known you were coming, I'd have baked a cake!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I have fought for equal rights. For example, I marched for civil rights with Dr. King in 1963.". 3. Despise means A) To get lost. B) To dislike something. C) To forget something important. D) To match pairs of things, like socks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To dislike something. 4. An author often uses figurative language when implementing pathos. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Verbal irony. Saying the opposite of what you mean (using sarcasm). A) Antiphrasis. B) Constellation. C) Dialogism. D) In meiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antiphrasis. 6. What is "logos" in the rhetorical situation? A) An emotional appeal to one's audience. B) An appeal to the audience that uses facts, research, and examples. C) An appeal that shows the author's credibility. D) A type of lego. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An appeal to the audience that uses facts, research, and examples. 7. Ice cream causes drowning is an example of this fallacy. A) Causation does not imply correlation. B) Correlation does not imply causation. C) Red herring. D) Straw man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correlation does not imply causation. 8. Unbeatable; resilient A) Domineering. B) Predominant. C) Indomitable. D) Bureaucrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indomitable. 9. Which best defines RHETORIC? A) The art of persuasion. B) The art of percussion. C) The act of writing. D) The act of screenwriting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The art of persuasion. 10. Melissa, meditating masterfully, merely shook her shambolic curls into shadow. A) Apophasis. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Antonomasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. Alexander Hamilton was A) One of the founding father's of the U.S Constitution. B) One of the presidents of the United States. C) An early musician. D) The first designer of dollar bills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One of the founding father's of the U.S Constitution. 12. Pick the term that matches the definition:the data supplied to establish a line of reasoning A) Evidence. B) Claim. C) Choices. D) Appeals. E) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 13. Which slogan does Nike uses? A) Just do it. B) Impossible is nothing. C) Think different. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Just do it. 14. This is my brilliant son who failed out of college. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) No figure of speech. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 15. The use of words or phrases which are not intended to be taken literally A) Figurative language. B) Hypophora. C) Metaphor. D) Paralanguage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 16. Which rhetorical device is being used in the following quote:'I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering with the injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.'? A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Antithesis. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 17. When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in this (ethos), but in all cases the aim is to gain the audience's confidence. A) Ethical Appeal. B) Emotional Appeal. C) Explication. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethical Appeal. 18. Device where the same word/phrase is repeated at the beginning of sentences. A) Aphorism. B) Chiasmus. C) Anaphora. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 19. When an author shares accounts of a real event in the form of a small story. A) Appeals to the emotions. B) Analogy. C) Tone. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdotes. 20. When a conclusion follows logically from the major and minor premises, then the argument is said to be A) Illogical. B) Valid. C) Biased. D) Invalid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valid. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books